JohnWinston

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DeAge™ : 7083 days • Here since 18 january 2007

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6 may 07

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Well, maybe you're right; let's say that "epoch-making" has nothing to do with what I wanted to express. I meant to say that, qualitatively, they are inferior to other records from the same year.

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6 may 07

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In my opinion, The Velvet Underground & Nico, The Doors, and Are You Experienced are the landmark albums of 1967.

I believe that the Beatles didn't invent anything; as for the value of Barrett's work, I'm not that enthusiastic about it. Neither Sgt. Pepper nor The Piper at the Gates of Dawn seem to me like groundbreaking albums (even though history says otherwise). I prefer Roger Waters.

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6 may 07

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Do you think that Syd Barrett, if he had been born in the '40s, would have created the same psychedelic songs?

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6 may 07

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I’m not talking about chronological order for its own sake. The Beatles made psychedelic songs before the Velvet, Doors, Pink Floyd... It’s not up for discussion that these groups developed psychedelia into a broader form. So even Pink Floyd took advantage of trends, for instance...

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6 may 07

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Well, the arrangements of Sgt. Pepper seem to be taken directly from Pet Sounds (which was composed as a response to Rubber Soul)? I agree that the psychedelia of other bands is a whole other thing, but that doesn’t change the fact that the Beatles preceded them, just as other bands you mentioned preceded the Beatles. Songs like Strawberry Fields Forever, Tomorrow Never Knows, A Day In The Life seem to me to be anything but little tunes.

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6 may 07

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Both Velvet Underground, Doors, Pink Floyd, and I also include Jimi Hendrix (all artists I adore) made their debut in 1967, a year after the Beatles' first psychedelic album, "Revolver."

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6 may 07

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Who decides that a long song is better than a short one? Mmm

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6 may 07

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Does Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys seem like a psychedelic, progressive, or hard rock album to you? Jefferson Airplane released something a few months after "Revolver," which already contained psychedelic songs.

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6 may 07

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I read what Scaruffi says and I agree with you. He says more or less the right things even if he exaggerates. But whether the Beatles followed trends is quite doubtful, or at least not so fundamental to their career.